Yeah, I feel like that A LOT.
(Source: ao-oa, via hungry-for-books)
‘1. No gimmicks. Don’t send food, flowers – or anything else. Food goes straight into the bin … just in case. I’ve read lots of crime fiction.
I once received a large parcel that weighed almost nothing. Inside was a rubbish bin and a letter saying the writer assumed the submission would end up there so was sending me one to speed up the process. The partial for a crime novel that was attached looked rather good. I left the bin, letter & ms on my desk. Next morning our office cleaner had removed the contents and put the rubbish bin neatly next to my desk. There was no way to contact the author despite a story on our website and some tweets … That was the end of that.’
and more…
That’s the best submission story I’ve heard in a while.
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(Source: amandaonwriting, via writersflow)
(via greatwhitebear)
"
The only people that can afford to take an unpaid job are those that are already well-off enough to survive without pay. That means that there are careers where the only way to effectively break in to the industry is to be well-off in the first place.
This is a major problem in many industries, including film, advertising, fashion, music, and others. If your parents can pay for an apartment in Manhattan, congratulations, you can get your foot in the door. If not, tough luck, go find another job more suited to your lower-class life.
"— HDSFGIDSHFJKDSHFJDSHFKJSDFNJKDSFJKDSF (via pizzawolves)
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(Source: muckyknees, via paperisdue)
"I don’t know about you, but most people do not have a “TBR pile.” In fact, the average human being doesn’t even know what a TBR pile is. Most people who read books read for pleasure. Then will have gaps in their reading before they pick up something else. Yet somehow, we’ve decided, implicitly, that the normative reading behavior, which discoverability facilitates, is shotgun style where readers are reading book after book after book after book."
